Location: Houston, TX

Posted: April 1, 2026

Job Type: Full Time

Req# 2026-5509

Compounding

Position Summary

As a Production Scheduler at Empower Pharmacy, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless operation of our compounding and manufacturing processes, directly contributing to our mission of expanding access to quality, affordable medications. This position offers the unique opportunity to collaborate across departments, optimize production efficiency, and support the delivery of innovative medications that help people live healthier, happier lives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs and executes comprehensive daily and weekly production schedules to ensure the efficient and timely completion of compounding operations, validation processes, preventive maintenance, and calibration activities, while rigorously tracking project progress to guarantee alignment with production objectives.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including Research and Development, Operations Planning, Quality Assurance, and Materials Management, to coordinate resources and maintain optimal production flow.
• Monitors inventory levels and coordinates with procurement to ensure the availability of necessary materials, preventing production delays.
• Identifies and addresses production challenges, reallocating resources as needed to maintain schedule adherence and maximize efficiency.
• Analyzes production data and processes to identify opportunities for continuous improvement, enhancing productivity and supporting the organization's mission to provide quality, affordable medications.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Knowledge and Skills

• Exceptional organizational, communication, and time-management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, adapt to dynamic environments, and drive results under tight deadlines.
• Strong proficiency in production planning software, enterprise resource planning systems, and advanced Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) with working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and supply chain principles.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.

Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in production scheduling, supply chain management, or operations planning within the pharmaceutical or healthcare manufacturing industry.
• Requires a Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, operations management, business administration, or a related field.
• For 503A, a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) or Technician Trainee certification is required, with Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt preferred; for 503B, Lean Six Sigma Green or Yellow Belt or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly preferred.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/